Re: [HACKERS] pg_stat_file() and length/size

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I am thinking the proper term for the first column of pg_stat_file() is
> "size", not "length".
>
> test=> select * from pg_stat_file('.');
> length | atime | mtime | ctime | isdir
> --------+------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+-------
>
> 512 | 2005-08-13 23:06:38-04 | 2005-08-13 23:06:54-04 | 2005-08-13 23:06:54-04 | t
> (1 row)

I have renamed the column from length to size. I also renamed the
timestamp columns to be more meaningful:

test=> select (pg_stat_file('.')).*;
size | access | modification | change | creation | isdir
------+------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+----------+-------
512 | 2005-08-15 18:10:10-04 | 2005-08-15 17:30:28-04 | 2005-08-15 17:30:28-04 | | t
(1 row)

(Anyone have a better name for "change"?)

In doing this I also realized the ctime on Unix is change time (file
contents or inode), while on Win32 ctime is file creation time. I split
the ctime column into "change" and "creation", and one is null on each
platform. Above is the Unix output. I have also updated the catalog
version.

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